HOLLY RIDGE | Holly Ridge Town Council is slated to approve a table of uses, which shows what development is allowed or prohibited in local zoning districts, at its meeting tonight, according to the agenda.

The board will meet 7 p.m. at town hall at 212 North Dyson St.

“They’re both hand-in-hand and work together,” Town Manager John Maiorano said of the municipality’s growth plan and table of uses.

He added that the table of uses “shows what’s permitted in which zone and shows what’s not permitted.”

At the board’s retreat in March, council members outlined the new table of uses.

The board also will decide on final approval of conditional uses, Maiorano added.

The only change would be minor language and formatting of conditional uses, he said.

He said the town is moving forward in the conditional-use rules to “guide growth,” which is on its way, he added.

“Business have shown interest in the Highway 17 and 50 corridors,” Maiorano said.

As to whether the document updates would actually fuel growth, he said that is unlikely, however.

“They promote orderly growth,” Maiorano said.

He also said the rule updates would not make development a more difficult process in Holly Ridge.

“You wouldn’t want someone to put a gas station across from your house — or a bar,” he said. “But if it was across the street from a development, maybe a fence or some (buffer) would be part of the special-use allowance.”

The board also is slated to create a formal document to authorize the purchase of a 2014 Dodge Charger police cruiser, which was included in the budget for the current fiscal year.

“This is just a replacement for another car,” Maiorano said. “The car’s been ordered. This is just housekeeping for the bank.”